Nicolas Dessum

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Nicolas Dessum
Personal information
Born (1977-02-20) 20 February 1977 (age 48)
Lyon, France
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
CountryFlag of France.svg  France
SportSkiing
World Cup career
Seasons 19942005
Indiv. starts203
Indiv. podiums2
Indiv. wins1
Team starts9
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)207.5 m (681 ft)
Planica, 20–23 March 2003
Updated on 10 February 2016

Nicolas Dessum (born 20 February 1977) is a French former ski jumper.

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Career

His best finishes at the Winter Olympics occurred at Lillehammer in 1994 with a sixth in the team large hill and a 14th in the individual normal hill events. Dessum's best individual at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fifth in the large hill at Trondheim in 1997. His best finish at the Ski-flying World Championships was 13th at Vikersund in 2000.

Dessum's only World Cup win was in a large hill event in Japan in 1995. Dessum retired from the World Cup in 2007 during the summer GP.

World Cup

Standings

 Season Overall4HSFNTJP
1993/94 2317N/AN/A
1994/95 125N/AN/A
1995/96 464828N/A50
1996/97 1815262617
1997/98 3753431935
1998/99 1419111315
1999/00 1930101020
2000/01 46353326N/A
2001/02 4218N/A51N/A
2002/03 6457N/A33N/A
2003/04 4850N/AN/A
2004/05 5836N/AN/A

Wins

No.SeasonDateLocationHillSize
1 1994/95 22 January 1995   Flag of Japan.svg Sapporo Ōkurayama K115LH